TROTTING Emphasis on speed shown by times of cup runners

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33063, 2 November 1972, Page 9

TROTTING Emphasis on speed shown by times of cup runners

the faclthat riThm k°^l ht * r spee< ? and sprint racing is emphasised by the Cun at Addinli™ R ° f 14 runners in next Tuesday’s $40,300 New Zealand ye£s w^Vh Way ’ h ? Ve 7“ records over one mile « Jt ™ a few years ago that it was the exception for any cup runner to have such a record.

This year there are four runners with times better than two minutes for a mile —Arapaho having 1.59 to his credit, Globe Bay and Robalan 1.59 2-5, and Manaroa 1.59 3-5. Manaroa is the latest addition to the ranks of twominute pacers, having taken his record last month at Harold Park just before his return to High bank after a successful campaign in Australia.

Manaroa, at seven years, is not the oldest horse in Tuesday’s race, but he will be making his third attempt to win New Zealand’s premier light-harness event He was a great third in the 1970 contest and last year, when racing like a jaded horse, fifth was the best he could manage. Since the last cup carnival he has gone from strength to strength with three wins in New Zealand and 15 in Australia. His wins included the Dunedin Festival Cup Final in 4:10 1-5, the fastest two-mi le time of any of the cup runners. With the track at Addington faster than it has been 'or years, Manaroa wi.’l probably be required to better his own best for two miles and ®'Bbt have to approach race record °u ? he is to figure in the finish of a truly-run race. Rauka Lad (ninth), Robalan (eleventh), and Jacquinot Bay (last), all contested last year’s cup, their first attempts in the big race. Rauka Lad and Roba'an are improved horses this spring and they are expected to be among the favourites on Tuesday.

Rauka Lad, Hoover and Jacquinot Bay, at eigh: years, are the veterans of the field, with Scottish Charm and Manaroa a year younger. Six-year-olds number six Hundred Pipers, Bella's Command, Globe Bay, Berkleigh, Wag and Robalan — while Arapaho, Royal Belrrer and Royal Ascot are three wellperformed five-year-olds. SIRES Scottish Command and Thurber Frost will each have three representatives in the cup. Scottish Command, a son of U Scott and now a successful sire, contested three cups without much .1 C ?- He was unplaced in 1959 and 1960 and finished

third to Invicta and Patchwork the following year. He will be represented on Tuesday by Hundred Piper’s, Bella s Command and Scottish Charm, one of two mares in the event

Thurber Frost is the sire of Royal Belmer, the other mare in the race, and also Wag and Jacquinot Bay, two likely to be at liberal odds. Johnny Globe, winner of one of the most memorable cups in the last 20 years, will have Globe Bay and Berkleigh to represent him. He has sired the winners of three cups, Lordship (twice) and Spry, a brother to Berkleigh. Details of the cup runners are:—

HUNDRED PIPERS (1) It. Br h, ® by Scottish Command —Falsette. Raced by Mrs T- £. nd H. N. Cheesman, Auckland, and trained by I. M. Behms, Kumou. Eleven wins, 16 placings and $19,660 to stakes. Best time, 4:17 3-5, Alexandra Park, December, BELLA'S COMMAND (2) It. B h. 8 ‘l? .Scottish Command r%“l BeU * Raced by Mrs I. M. Corner and A. Knight, Auckland, and trained bv J. R; Hughes, Pukekohe. Ten Wins, 28 placings, and $25,745 in stakes. Best time: 4:17 M ay, 1971. SCOTTISH CHARM (3) It. B m, 7 XTO by Scottish Command —LUllum. Raced by N. G. Bu^ h Stratford, “ d iT alned by D. J. Townley. Tinwald. Eleven wins, 18 Placings, and $21,690 in ’takes Best time, 4:12 1-5, Alexandra Park, December, 1970. **V A !*9 (4) B «. 5 yrs, by Bachelor Hanover—Dusky Bay. Raced by L. Forde, Dunsam'.el, and trained by J. W. Smolensk!, Templeton. wins ’ 13 Placings, and $42,720 in stakes. Best time, fill Addington. April, 1972. RAUKA LAD (5) It. Br g, 8 yrs, by King Creed—Raukapuka. Raced by J. Hall, Hope, and trained by C. S. Donald, Belfast Fourteen wins, 20 placings, and $34,720 in stakes. Best time, 4:11 3-5, Addington, February, 1972. GLOBE BAY (4) It. B g. 6 yrs, by Johnny Globe—Baylight. Raced by S. J. Wheatley, Woodend, and trained by J. A. Carmichael, Templeton. Fourteen wins, 20 placings, and $33,525 in stakes. Best time, 4:13 2-5, Addington, February, 1972. BERKLEIGH (7) It. Blk h, 6 yrs, by Johnny Globe—Fifth Brigade. Raced by C. A. and Mrs Winter, Belfast, and trained by the former. Eleven wins, 19 placings. and $26,460 in stakes. Best lime, WO. Addington, November, HOOVER ($) It. Blk g, 8 yrs, by Court Martial—Manana. Raced by Mrs P. R. Mitchell, Cambridge, and R. Middleton, Auckland, and trained by R. Mitchell, Cambridge, □even wins, 16 plaeingi, and $lB/05 in stakes. Best time, 4:25 2-5, Addington, November, 1971. WAG (9) It. Br g, 6 yrs, by

Thurber Frost — Merval. Raced by Mrs W. T. Lowe, Ashburton, and trained by W. E. Lowe, Hinds. Ten wins, 16 placings, and $17,500 in stakes. Best time, 4:22, __ Forbuiw Park, May, 1972. ROYAL BELMER (10) It. B m, 5 yrs, by Thurber FrostLady Belfield. Raced by J. M. G. Osborne, Christchurch, and M. G. Vermeulen, Rangiora, and trained by J. W. Smolensk!, Templeton. 10 Pacings, and $lB,lOO in stakes. Best time, 4:19 4-5, Addington, November, 1970. ROBALAN (11) It. B g, 6 yrs, by Lumber Dream—Elsinore. Raced by A. T. Devery, Invercargill, P. N. Hope, Bienhelm, and D. D. Nyhan, Templeton, and trained by the latter. Fourteen wins, 20 placings, and $31,805 in stakes. Best time, 4:14, Forbury Park, October. 1971. JACQUINOT BAY (11) It. fe g, 8 yrs, by Thurber Frost— Wontahaggi. Raced by T. H. Lemon, Lauriston, and trained by J. Grant and D.

G. Jones, Templeton. Ten wins, 17 placings, and $18,500 In stakes. Best time, 4:19 2-5, Addington, January, 1970. ROYAL ASCOT (13) It. B g, 5 yrs, by Prince CharmingMorsel. Raced by C. J. McLaughlin, Highbank, and F. E. Newfield, Templeton, and trained by the former. Eleven wins, 15 placings and $26,405 in stakes. In addition he gained two wins and one placing for $7960 in Sydney in the autumn of 1971. Best

time, 4:14, Forbury Park, February, 1972. MANAROA (unruly) 24. B g, 7 yrs, by Morano—Flying Miles. Raced and trained by C. J. McLaughlin, Highbank. Eighteen wins, 11 placings, and $44,230 in New Zealand. Gained four wins and one placing for $15,400 in Australia in 1970-71. Won another 15 races in Queensland and New South Wales in the autumn and spring of this year, winning about $30,000. Best time, 4:10 1-5, Forbury Park, February, 1972.